NOTES OF THE IAC REFERENCES IN THE DULLES REPORT

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• Publication Date: February 4, 1949
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Section 1: CIA' s Position on CONCLUSIONS V(,V 4/0 I~ti ",,^,"?-G,/?',-
(To be discussed at S ndingCommittee Meeting February 9th)
ON PAGE 27
"The Central Intelligence Agency should be empowered and encouraged
to establish, through its Director, closer liaison with the two members
of the National Security Council on whom it chiefly depends; namely,
the Secretaries of State and Defense."
We do not understand how he is to be "empowered" by all the members
of the National Security Council to do this with two of their members,
or "encouragedtt to do this by them, or by the IAC. He has frequent
contacts with them already.
ON PAGE 63
"Another important area (where more active efforts at coordination
are needed) is that of domestic intelligence and counterintelligence, in
so far as they relate to the national security. To improve coordination
in this area, and between it and the entire intelligence field, we
recommend that the FBI should be made a member of the IAC."
We are checking on the actual facts pertaining to the FBI withdrawal
from the former IAB, but as yet have found nothing showing that they
formerly were a permanent member. The last meeting that they attended
was August 26, 1946. It is provided, nowadays, that they can be invited
to attend meetings pertaining to matters in which they are concerned.
We think this is ade uat
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"The Director of Central Intelligence should be made permanent
chairman of the United States Communications Intelligence Board." k 0
The DCI prefers not to be chairman. He thinks that the present
system of rotating chairmen is working out satisfactorily.
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"The Intelligence Advisory Committee is soundly conceived, but it
should participate more actively with the Director of Central Intelli-
gence in the continuing coordination of intelligence activities."
The IAC, nowadays, is meeting more regularly for coordination
purposes, and there is more joint preparation now_for the Secretary of
Defense briefings, AEC. Senate and House reports, etc.
"The Intelligence Advisory Committee should consist of the
Director of Central Intelligence, and the representatives of the
Departments of State, Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the FBI. Other
departments and agencies would sit as ad hoc members when appropriate."
The DCI is opposed to dropping from the IAC1 either the JIG or the
ON PAGE 81
"Under the leadership of the Director of Central Intelligence, these
estimates should be submitted for discussion and approval by the reconstituted
IAC, whose members should assume collective responsibility for them."
The DCI considers-our estimates are now discussed with the IAC
Agencies
(not necessarily with the IAC_Members themselves, or with all of
them together at the same time,) and that when concurrence is received,
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from an IAC agency, that constitutes a part ofit!icollective responsibility."
Note for the Director from ICAPS: We think CIA's Review of the World
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every month for the NSC. Nowadays it does not have a variable publication
date but is issued rather on the third Thursday of every month. The
IAC Agencies could adapt themselves, if necessary, to meet this dead line.
ORE claims this "Current Intelligence" need not be coordinated. If it
were, it would certainly enhance its value and be more authoritative.
"Provision should be made in these arrangements for the handling of
crisis situations when coordinated estimates are required without delay."
The example cited in the Report has been discussed and arrangements
have been made among the IAC Members to avoid recurrence in the future
and to have more satisfactory handling of "crisis situations."
"Coordinated intelligence estimates produced in this way, must
in order to be effective, be recognized as the most authoritative
estimates available to the policy makers."
If an estimate has been produced and disseminated by CIA, it is out
of 4ei.r hands and we cannot assure how it will be received by the recipient.
We do attempt to bring about credence in CIA estimates. (See note
Page 81, third paragraph.)
ON PAGE 1149
"There should be effective coordination between the work of the
Joint Intelligence Committee in the field of military estimates and that
of the Central Intelligence Agency and Intelligence Advisory Committee
in the field of national estimates."
We now assist in military estimates of the Joint Intelligence
Committee, and the Joint Intelligence Committee can dissent from CIA
estimates through the military departments, or through their representative
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on the IAC. We think this coordination is working effectively.
ON PAGE 161
The State Department will have to decide vliether any of these'recommenda-
tions are to affect the IAC or just the internal affairs of the State
Department.
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CIA's Position on References to IAC
ON PAGE 3
"That is needed is continuing and effective coordinating action
under existing directives and also directives establishing more precisely
the responsibility of the various intelligence agencies."
if directives were fully implemented, there would be better
coordination.
CIA now has under paragraph 2 of NSCID No. 1 authority to inspect
only intelligence material.
IAC agencies heretofore have objected to precisely defining scope
and limits of departmental intelligence activities.
ON PAC. 4
IAC now has more frequent meetings.
ON PAGE 6
PREPARATION vs ASSEMBLY OF REPORTS
The basic question is "who prepares initial draft" (NSCID li Para-
graph 1; NSCID 3, paragraph 3; DCI 311, paragraph 3). Nowadays CIA
usually does prepare initial draft and circulate it rather than ask
IAC Agencies for initial drafts and then assemble and evaluate them
into National Intelligence. CIA is delinquent in too frequently follow-
ing the first procedure rather than the second. See bottom of Page 66
of Report, and top of Page 69.
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ON PAGE 7
See continents under Page 6.
See comments under Page 81 CONCLUSIONS.
So far as we know the IAC Agencies do ttsecure the views of the
best qualified technical experts available" - but how CIA doest know.
See comment under Page 63, CONCLUSIONS.
024 PAGE 9
CIA. already has a. new Office of Scientific Intelligence v rking
closely with interested agencies.
NSCID 3 covers "allocation of work."
ON PAGES 12 and 13
No concern of CIA. We too are against Sin.
ON PAGE 26
Covered on Page 27 CONCLUSIONS.
ON PAGE 43 - 45
IAC NOT to be Board of Governors.
See Section on Page 81 CONCIU SIONS, re preparations of estimates?
"Increasing the responsibility" of IAC to the extent of being a:
Board of Directors is NOT consistent with the Act and is contrary to
the tenor of strong central direction emphasized so frequently through-
out this Report.
See Page 63 CONCLUSIONS, and Page LI..
An advisory committee is sound.
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ON PAGE 1.6
The Standing committee - to be, or not to be?
ON PAGE 50
O.K. as in comments on Pages 43-5.
ON PAGE 54
Up to IAC re supervision of ways in which directives are carried
ON PAGES 57 and 58
See "Comments on Page 63.11
We agree that closer working relationship with FBI should be
affected,
ON PAGES 60 and 61
"rDign.ified acquience vs hearty cooperations"
See Comments on Page 6.
See Comments on page 63, CONCId3SIONS.
ON PACES 66 and 67
See Comments on Page 6.
ON PAGE 69
See Comments on Page 6.
'be concur that a national intelligence estimate "should be based
on all available information and be prepared with full knowledge of
our own plans and in the light of our own policy requirements" - but
CIA:, does not now receive all such information. The intelligence agencies
themselves do not get this within their own departments. SEC
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ON PAGE 72
See Comments on Page 6.
ON PACES 74 and 7s
See Comments on Page 81 in CONCLUSIONS.
ON PAGE 77
Is the IAC to sit down together to clear each estimate?
See Comment on Page 81, CONCLUSIONS.
See Comments on Pages 43-45,
ON PAGES 78 and 79
See Comments on Page 63, CONCLUSIONS.
ON PAGE 80
IkC to provide a-double check after CIA. has assembled and
evaluated the original products.
ON PAGED
How much of area of common concern in Economic,, Scientific,
Technological intelligence will IAC Agencies accept?
Give primary production responsibility to CIAO??? in these
presently unassigned fields (Of NSCID 3).
ON PAGE 11.4
flee Comment on Pages 63 and 149 of CONCLUSIONS.
ON PACES 152, 158, 160
See Comments on Page 3161 of CONCLUSIONS,
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